Biographies

Mr. Jim L. Turner is Executive Chairman of the Board of the Dean Foods Company. Mr. Turner currently serves as Principal of JLT Beverages L.P., a position he has held since 1996, and, since January 2015, has served as the Owner/CEO of JLT Automotive Inc. Mr. Turner served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, Inc. from its formation in 1999 through June 2005 when he sold his interest in that company. Prior to that, Mr. Turner served as Owner/Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Turner Beverage Group, the largest privately-owned independent bottler in the United States. Mr. Turner was a member of the Board of Directors of The Morningstar Group Inc. rior to our acquisition of that company in November 1997. Mr. Turner has served on the Board of Trustees of Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the State of Texas, since September 2013 and has served as its Chair since July 2015. He also serves as Chair of its Finance Committee and as Vice Chair of its Executive Committee. In addition, Mr. Turner serves on the Boards of Directors of Crown Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of consumer packaging products, where he serves on the Compensation Committee; Comstock Resources, Inc., an energy company engaged in oil and gas exploration and development, where he serves on the Compensation Committee; INSURICA, a full service insurance agency; and Davaco, Inc., a leading provider of retail services. Mr. Turner previously served on the Board of Directors of Majesty Hospitality Staffing through 2012, where he served as the Chairman, and he served as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Baylor Health Care System until its merger with Scott & White Healthcare in September 2013. He also served on the Board of Directors of Advanced H2O, LLC, from December 2007 through May 2014 and served as a director and member of the Compensation Committee of DS Services, Inc.

Mr. Gregg A. Tanner is no longer a Chief Executive Officer, Director of Dean Foods Company. Mr. Tanner has served as our Chief Executive Officer since October 31, 2012, and as a member of our Board of Directors since November 2012. He joined the Company in November 2007 as Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer and served as the President, Fresh Dairy Direct and Chief Supply Chain Officer from January 2012 until becoming our Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Tanner was Senior Vice President, Global Operations at The Hershey Company from 2006 to 2007. Before joining The Hershey Company, Mr. Tanner was Senior Vice President, Retail Supply Chain at ConAgra Foods, Inc. from 2001 to 2005, where he directed the entire supply chain for retail products. Previously, Mr. Tanner held positions of increasing responsibility at the Quaker Oats Company and Ralston Purina Company. Mr. Tanner serves on the Board of Directors of The Boston Beer Company, Inc. and as Chairman of its Audit Committee. He also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Milk Industry Foundation, as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the International Dairy Foods Association, as a director for the Grocery Manufacturers Association and on the Board of Directors of Children's Health.

Mr. Chris Bellairs is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Dean Foods Company, since March 1, 2013.He has served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since March 1, 2013. Prior to being promoted to such position he served in various capacities including as our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer Designate from November 2012 to March 2013; as Chief Financial Officer of our Fresh Dairy Direct business from January 2012 until November 2012; and as our Vice President—Supply Chain Finance from 2008 through 2011. Prior to joining Dean Foods, Mr. Bellairs worked at PepsiCo, Inc., a global food and beverage company, from 1996 to 2004, where he most recently served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Foodservice and Vending division and led the financial integration of the Quaker Oats, Gatorade and Tropicana brands. Prior to joining PepsiCo, he worked at Procter & Gamble in various finance management roles and served as divisional Chief Financial Officer at Expedia, Inc. and Iron Mountain Incorporated and in a senior leadership role at The University of Notre Dame. Mr. Bellairs was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army for six years.

Mr. Ralph P. Scozzafava has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Director of the Company., effective January 1, 2017. He has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since October 2015. He joined the Company in October 2014 as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Scozzafava served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Furniture Brands International, Inc. from May 2008 to November 2013 and as the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer — designate from June 2007 to January 2008. From 2001 until June 2007, Mr. Scozzafava was employed at Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, where he held several positions, including serving as Vice President - Worldwide Commercial Operations from March 2006 to June 2007, and as Vice President & Managing Director - North America/Pacific from January 2004 to March 2006. Prior to joining Wrigley, Mr. Scozzafava served in sales, marketing and merchandising positions at Campbell Soup Company, Clorox Company, and Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Scozzafava also serves on the Board of Directors of Stage Stores, Inc., where he is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee.

Ms. Kimberly Warmbier is Chief Human Resource Officer, Executive Vice President of Dean Foods Company. She joined joined Dean Foods in May 2012 as Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Fresh Dairy Direct. She was promoted to her current position in November 2012. Prior to Dean Foods, Ms. Warmbier served as the Senior Vice President, Human Resources, for J.C. Penney Company, Inc. from November 2009 to December 2011 where she led human resource professionals supporting more than 150,000 associates in supply chain, stores and corporate. Her experience also includes more than 20 years in the consumer packaged goods industry with PepsiCo, Inc. where she led the HR PepsiCo Customer teams for the company's five North American sales divisions including Frito-Lay, Pepsi, Tropicana, Quaker Oats and Gatorade. Ms. Warmbier currently serves on the North Texas Food Bank Board of Directors and is a member of their NTFB Finance and Executive Committees. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts Northeast Texas, a nonprofit organization, where she served on the CEO Selection Committee.

Mr. Brian Murphy serves as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Dean Foods Company, since September 2013.He has served as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Dean Foods since September 2013. In his current role, he is responsible for the Company's information technology solutions. Mr. Murphy first joined Dean Foods in 2010 as Vice President, Supply Chain IT. He later served as Chief Information Officer for the Company's Morningstar business unit, and continued in that role after Dean Foods sold Morningstar to Saputo Inc. in early 2013. He returned to Dean Foods in his current role in September 2013. Prior to Dean Foods, Mr. Murphy served as Senior Manager Shared Service of T-Mobile (USA) from 2008 to 2010, where he was responsible for the creation of a shared service organization to implement and support an order revenue stream as well as core operations. He also served in various IT, supply chain, logistics and engineering roles, both in the U.S. and internationally, at Whirlpool Corporation from 2002 to 2008 and at Colgate Palmolive Limited from 1994 to 2002. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Momentx Corporation, the parent company of Dairy.com, a leading provider of market intelligence and software-as-a-service solutions for the dairy industry.

Mr. S. Craig McCutcheon serves as Senior Vice President - Logistics of the Company, since August 2014. Mr. McCutcheon assumed his current role as Senior Vice President, Logistics in August 2014. Mr. McCutcheon leads all transportation and logistics operations for our nationwide distribution network. Prior to that, he led our Continuous Improvement and Business Optimization activities as Vice President, Continuous Improvement from 2006 to 2014. Mr. McCutcheon is one of Dean Foods' most seasoned veterans with more than 34 years of experience in various locations, functions and roles. He began his career in 1980 with Flav-O-Rich Dairy in Georgia, and later joined Mayfield Dairy, which was acquired by Dean Foods. During his time with Dean Foods, he has served as a Distribution Supervisor, Branch Manager, Sales and Operations Manager, and General Manager in various locations in the Southeast and in Ohio.

Ms. Janet Hill is an Independent Director of Dean Foods Company. Ms. Hill currently serves as principal at Hill Family Advisors and has served in such position since 2010. Prior to that, Ms. Hill served as Vice President of Alexander & Associates, a corporate consulting firm which she owned, from 1981 until her retirement in 2010. She was originally elected to our Board of Directors in connection with our acquisition of Dean Holding Company (formerly known as Dean Foods Company) ("Legacy Dean") in December 2001. Ms. Hill had served on the Board of Directors of Legacy Dean since 1997. In addition to our Board, Ms. Hill also serves on the Boards of Directors of The Wendy's Company, where she serves on the Compensation Committee; Carlyle Group Management L.L.C., the general partner of The Carlyle Group L.P.; Esquire Bank, N.A., a private company, and Echo 360, Inc., a private company that is a global leader in active and distance learning solutions for higher education. She also serves as a trustee of Duke University and serves on the boards of the following non-profit entities: Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, Kennedy Center, and Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. From 2005 until its merger with a subsidiary of Softbank Corp. in July 2013, Ms. Hill served on the Board of Directors of Sprint Nextel Corporation, where she served on the Compensation and Nominating/Corporate Governance committees.

Mr. J. Wayne Mailloux is an Independent Director of Dean Foods Company. Mr. Mailloux is the owner of Stonehill Partners Limited, a company engaged in strategy development and business consulting, and has owned this company since 2011 and, since September 2015, he has served as principal and Chief Executive Manager of iDriver Solutions, LLC, a distributor of environmentally friendly technology solutions to the trucking industry. Until January 2014, Mr. Mailloux served as the secretary and Chairman of the Board of Directors of SCQuARE International USA inc., a private company formed in 2012 that provides consulting services to companies across a broad spectrum of industries. He previously served as Senior Vice President of PepsiCo, Inc. from 2000 through 2004. Mr. Mailloux joined PepsiCo in 1986 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including President, Pepsi Cola Europe/Africa Beverages from 1996 through 2000, President, Pepsi Cola Europe Beverage Group from 1994 through 1996 and President, Pepsi Cola Canada Beverages from 1989 through 1994. Mr. Mailloux is also a member of the Board of Directors of Beso del Sol, Inc., a privately-held maker of alcoholic beverages.

Ms. Helen E. McCluskey is Independent Director of the Company. Ms. McCluskey was President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of The Warnaco Group, Inc. from February 2012 until its acquisition in February 2013 by PVH Corporation. She served as a director of PVH Corporation from February 2013 until June 2014. Ms. McCluskey joined The Warnaco Group, Inc. in July 2004, serving as its Chief Operating Officer from September 2010 to February 2012 and as Group President from July 2004 to September 2010. Prior to joining The Warnaco Group, Inc., Ms. McCluskey held various positions of increasing responsibility with Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (1977 to 1983), Playtex Apparel, Inc. (1983 to 2001) (which was acquired by Sara Lee Corporation in 1991) and Liz Claiborne Inc. (2001 to 2004). During her 18-year tenure with Sara Lee Corporation's intimate apparel units, she held executive positions in marketing, operations and general management, including President of Playtex Apparel from 1999 to 2001. Ms. McCluskey has served as member of the Board of Directors of Avon Products, Inc. since July 2014 and is a member of its Compensation and Management Development Committee and, since August 2013, has served as a director of Signet Jewelers Limited and as a member of its Audit Committee and Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. John R. Muse is an Independent Director of Dean Foods Company. Mr. Muse is Chairman of a private equity firm, Kainos Capital, LLC (formerly known as HM Capital Partners LLC and prior to that known as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Incorporated, which he co-founded in 1989). He also serves as Chairman of Lucchese Boot Company, Inc. a privately-held boot manufacturer, and, since December 2014, as a director of Media General, Inc., one of the nation's largest multimedia companies, where he serves on the Finance Committee. From 1984 to 1989, he was employed at Prudential Securities Inc., where Mr. Muse headed the investment banking operations for the Southwestern region of the United States. Mr. Muse also serves on the Board of Visitors of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and Klyde Warren Park Foundation. Mr. Muse was a member of the Board of Directors of The Morningstar Group Inc. prior to our acquisition of that company in November 1997.

Mr. B. Craig Owens is Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Owens was the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Vice President of Campbell Soup Company from 2008 until his retirement in April 2014. From 2001 to 2008, Mr. Owens served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group, an international food retailer headquartered in Belgium. Prior, he was employed by The Coca-Cola Company and its key franchisees from 1981 to 2001 and served in various management roles of increasing importance, including as Finance Director (CFO) for Coca-Cola Beverages plc from 1998 to 2000. Mr. Owens has served on the Board of Directors of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. since October 2014, where he is a member of its Audit Committee, Finance and Planning Committee and the Committee of the Whole. From December 2011 through August 2015, he served as a director of Pall Corporation and chaired its Audit Committee from January 2013 through August 2015. Additionally, Mr. Owens has served as a director of United States Cold Storage, Inc., a private company, since June 2014, and, since 2013, has served on the Board of Trustees of Washington & Lee University and the Board of Directors of Friends' Central School (Philadelphia).

Mr. Robert Tennant Wiseman is an Independent Director of Dean Foods Company. Mr. Wiseman is a private investor who previously served as the Chief Executive of Robert Wiseman & Sons PLC from 2002 until its sale to the Müller Group in February 2012. Following the sale, he served as Non-Executive Director of Robert Wiseman Dairies Limited, Great Britain's largest fresh liquid milk processor, from February 2012 to August 2013. Mr. Wiseman joined Robert Wiseman & Sons Limited, in 1975 and held positions of increasing responsibility, including Managing Director, from 1994, after the company began trading on the London Stock Exchange, to 2002. Since November 2014, Mr. Wiseman has served on the Board of Directors of Ingleby Farms & Forests A/S, a privately-held company that manages mixed farms worldwide.

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